Metamorphoses

Also known as Ov. Met.

thumb|Title page of 1556 edition published by Joannes Gryphius (decorative border added subsequently). Hayden White Rare Book Collection, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Author: Ovid
First published: 1479
Editions: 499
Subjects: Poetry, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Mythology, Latin Fables, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Translations into French

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Poem.first: 8 CE
Poem.language: Latin
Poem.name: Metamorphoses
Poem.image: Ovidius Naso - Metamorphoses, del MCCCCLXXXXVII Adi X del mese di aprile - 1583162 Carta a1r.jpeg
Poem.caption: Page from the edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses published by Lucantonio Giunti in Venice, 1497
Poem.author: Ovid
Poem.original_title: Metamorphoses
Poem.genre: Narrative poetry, epic, elegy, tragedy, pastoral (see Contents)
Poem.meter: Dactylic hexameter
Poem.publication_date: 1471
Poem.media_type: Incunable
Poem.lines: 11,995
Poem.wikisource: Metamorphoses

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Commons category: Metamorphoses (Ovid)
title: Metamorfozy albo Złoty osioł
inception: 0001-00-00
entry in abbreviations table: Ov. Met.
first line: In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas
last line: si quid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam.

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Contents
Books
Minor characters
Themes
Metamorphosis
Influence
Manuscript tradition
In English translation
French translation
The 1557 edition
Illustrations
Adaptations
See also
Notes
References
Modern translations
Secondary sources
Further reading
External links
Latin versions
English translations
Analysis
Audio
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thumb|Title page of 1556 edition published by Joannes Gryphius (decorative border added subsequently). Hayden White Rare Book Collection, University of California, Santa Cruz.

The Metamorphoses (, , ) is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a mythico-historical framework comprising over 250 myths, 15 books, and 11,995 lines.